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This title addresses controversies related to the US military including: Should the US military budget be reduced? In what conflicts should the United States intervene? What are US military personnel…
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This volume of the At Issue Series explores the issue of sexual assault in the military, touching on topics such as if sexual assault in the military is a longstanding…
Editor Noah Berlatsky has compiled several essays in a pro versus con format that debate several issues relating to netiquette and online ethics. Readers will explore the relationship between the…
This volume aspects of capital punishment as it is practiced internationally, anf on opposing viewpoints of the practice.
This book directly supports the National Federation of State High School Associations’ Speech, Debate, and Theatre Association 2012-2013 Policy Debate Topic. It addresses various aspects of transportation infrastructure within the…
This book examines various viewpoints and perspectives on minimum wage laws in the United States, and around the world.
This volume examines the background, events, and outcomes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
This title in the Opposing Viewpoint series examines the important topic of school safety, asking such questions as: Are schools safe? Can better gun policy make schools safer? Can security…
Noah Berlatsky
William Marston was an unusual man - a psychologist, a soft-porn pulp novelist, more than a bit of a carny, and the (self-declared) inventor of the lie detector. He was…
Comics expert Noah Berlatsky takes us on a wild ride through the Wonder Woman comics of the 1940s, vividly illustrating how William Marston’s many quirks and contradictions, along with the…
A collection of articles and essays offering differing opinions on what judicial activism is and what effects it has on American society.
Several articles discuss the issue of gays serving in the military.
This book presents essays with opposing viewpoints on issues associated with interracial dating, marriage, and legal issues.
Editor Noah Berlatsky has compiled several opposing essays that explore the various factors that motivate whistleblowers. Readers will examine the issue of whether whistleblowers compromise safety and national security, Wikileaks’…
Examines the issue of cybercrime from a variety of international perspectives.
A compendium of opinion on the effects of social networking, including privacy issues, political aspects, and educational perspectives.
Explores in detail the range of current and impending challenges the planet faces as a result of global warming. Examines these issues from a variety of expert perspectives, highlights key…
Between 1965 and 1968, it is estimated that the Suharto regime massacred close to 500,000 alleged communists. This volume contains previously published material, which details the mass killings of 1965…
This collection of essays explores years of conflict and violence in Liberia during the First and Second Liberian Civil Wars and the acts of genocide and crimes against humanity that…
This volume contains previously published material, which narrates and analyzes the Armenian massacres of 1894-1896, 1909, and 1915-1923. Background information and first person accounts of the events are provided as…
This volume contains a collection of essays about historical and ongoing human rights violations suffered by the Rohingya peoples of Burma, and includes background information that details the factors that…
Examines war crimes in Darfur and the ongoing efforts at resolution of the violence. It reports on war and human rights abuses, including labelling the violence as genocide –Amazon.com.
Explores genocide in Rwanda, including examinations of the repeated attempts to end the violence.
Opposing Viewpoints: High School Alternative Programs: Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of…
Presents a collection of essays that offer varying viewpoints on the subject of racial and ethnic differences within American culture, discussing such issues as racial classification, immigration, affirmative action, and…
A revision of the 2004 edition, spans three full-color volumes and covers endangered and threatened mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, mollusks, insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and plants
Allison McNeill
The economic crisis that began with the American stock market crash of 1929 had dire effects all over the world, particularly in Europe. The < I>Great Depression and New Deal…
